Scrubs

TV Show • 2001 • Comedy  

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In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
This tv show contains 64 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Anonymous
A taxidermy labrador retriever is a main character on the show
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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NakNakNak
Mentioned by both Dr. Cox and the Janitor, but not seen.

In season 5's "My Transition," the Janitor gifts Carla a "babycage", which is essentially a dog kennel. He says it's a joke when people react negatively, but a later phone call to his mother ("No, Mom, 'baby cage' and 'playpen' are NOT 'potato, po-tah-to!'") implies he really was kept in a dog kennel as a child.

Another season 5 episode "My Half-Acre," sees Dr. Cox claim that his father showed love by "purposely missing when he threw bottles at [his] head".


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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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NakNakNak
S6
Implied but not seen in season 6's "My Cold Shower"--while imagining what being married to Elliot would be like, Dr. Cox pictures her freaking out over the order of a cracker stack two days into the marriage. He's seen gripping a knife tightly, then it cuts to him being escorted away from a crime scene with a big grin on his face--the sequence is played for laughs and goes by within about 15 seconds.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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nodeaddogs
Elliot frequently talks about growing up with abusive parents.
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Addiction
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nodeaddogs
There are several episodes where patients use street drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
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Is there addiction?
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Mas0n
Alcoholism and prescribed drug abuse mainly but street drugs and addicts are mentioned.
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nodeaddogs
Dr. C*x is an alcoholic
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Tffr
It’s implied that the janitor captures and kills perfectly healthy squirrels and other animals and taxidermies them.
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NakNakNak
Turk and JD keep a taxidermied Golden Retriever in their apartment starting all the way from the beginning.

The Janitor has squirrel taxidermy as a hobby in later seasons--he turns them into things like pencil cases. This is played for laughs.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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CodyMorton
S6
 E12
S6E12 Snoop Dogg intern walks by with a large snake around his neck, shown clearly and centered for 3-5 seconds
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Esacode
Cannibalism is mentioned in one episode
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Is someone burned alive?
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Tffr
There is a scene where someone sort of does this to themselves but it’s a minuscule amount of dirt they barely sprinkle on themselves and only a couple seconds played off as humor
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Is there amputation?
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AudMLee
None specifically shown but they talk about having to amputate a patient’s leg in an episode.
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Tffr
But a head fake explodes for comedic effect
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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NakNakNak
S6
Season 6's "My Perspective" has JD struggle with a condition wherein he passes out on the toilet every time he poops. It's played for laughs.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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SethJensen
Turk experiences testicular torsion and has to have a testicle removed
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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FFangs
Not really, but in one episode Turk accidentally takes the wrong baby from a room thinking its his own, this is played for laughs
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Does a kid die?
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Mas0n
There are multiple jokes in several episodes about attracive young girls, namely when the Todd performs a breast reduction on a 16 year old girl and shows remorse over the (waste).
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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A character is originally thought to have overdosed but later it's discovered they died because of something else
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Family
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Tffr
There is an episode where the janitor “kidnaps” JD and locks him in a water tower for an entire day. JD comments that he was “basically kidnapped”.
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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NakNakNak
Season 6, "My Cold Shower". In a fantasy sequence, Turk is imagining being married to Elliot--when she leaves for work, he cheats with their housekeeper (his wife Carla's role in the fantasy sequence)
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Tffr
There is an ongoing joke early in the show where they put a taxidermied dog in front of doors and such to surprise other people. It is mild but they try to cut the scene a bit jump scarey sometimes, with a scream and sudden zoom
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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haexelhasel
In one episode a character pretends to be a ghost to frighten children, but it is completely absurd and played for laughs.
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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AudMLee
There are episodes where people vomit but it is NEVER shown. It either happens offscreen or the person ducks away and make exaggerated puking sounds. The actual act is never shown.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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doesthedogdie.comfan
Lots because the show largely takes place in a hospital
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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modifyandsever
this is a hospital show so yes, there are many hospital scenes.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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nodeaddogs
There’s also a joke where Elliot makes a joke about being a cutter for a week
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AudMLee
A man with alzheimer's tackles people while screaming “Who am I!?” It is played for laughs.
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NakNakNak
A running gag involves sad sack Ted going to the roof and contemplating jumping. Nothing comes of it and no one seems particularly bothered.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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krmac
No direct discussion of EDs, but characters go hungry on purpose to lose weight.
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Mas0n
There is an episode where a man is implied to be autistic (J.D number 1) has a joke with the main character (J.D number 2) and at one point J.D number 2 gets upset and yells at J.D number 1, Number 2 later apologizes.
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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AudMLee
There is an episode where JDs son cries every time he holds him because he doesn’t like the new cologne he is wearing.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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AudMLee
Kim says she had a miscarriage but in reality she was lying to JD, and actually is still pregnant.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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nodeaddogs
Dr. C*x constantly misgenders J.D. and calls him girls’ names as a way to degrade him.
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NakNakNak
Several patients die starting in season one, most of them white.

Laverne, a supporting character and black woman, dies in season 6's "My Long Goodbye"--as it is season six, many deaths have preceded hers.
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FrostyBoy
JD says both tr*nny and tr*nssexual referring to trans women a few times in the show. One is played for laughs at the idea of Turk sleeping with a trans woman.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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waao
J. D. says the c word like, 3 three times in the same scene in "My T. C. W." and its played for laughs
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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krmac
Yes, but streaming services have removed those episodes.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
Sometimes women seen in their underwear, and it's not casual undressing ready for bed type, the way they strip is deliberate for viewers, plus some strong sexual references.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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NakNakNak
Due to the nature of the medical show genre, some episodes are bound to end in tragedy as doctors find they can't save everyone.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Tffr
Depends on the episode but sometimes yes
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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